Political equations

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in Parliament on Monday and created the kind of buzz perhaps only she can. Banerjee called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She also met Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who was in New Delhi, inside the Central Hall of Parliament. Later, Banerjee met senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel. She convinced the Congress leaders that the issue about alleged tampering of electronic voting machines should be more forcefully taken up. However, it was her meeting with senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani that set tongues wagging. People wondered what